Over 60's match 20th August 2014

The over 60's went out west to Avington, to mark the half way point of their series. Of the 10 anglers, just two failed to score, with Brian Cripps recording his first win this year. 2nd and 3rd places were ounces apart, and the whole series is nicely poised for the second half. Here is the result:

Brian Cripps 5-11-0

Dave Smith 4-3-0

Brian Pallett 4-0-0

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Club Championship 17th August 2014

The fifth match of the club championship saw the circus descend on the Enborne Canal. It was a close contest with everybody weighing in, and just ounces separating some of the places. Steve Myers took the win, and with some of the leaders placing lower than usual, it is now very close at the top of the leaderboard. The full result:

Steve Myers peg 28 5-5-0

Martin Pallett peg 26 4-9-0

Vinny Bonnick peg 20 4-4-0

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Over 60's match 6th August 2014

Hot on the heels of the club championship, the Over 60's visited Alders for the fourth of their series. Brain pallett made it two wins in a row adding a good bag to his bonus bream. Steve Thame in second had two of the bream, all the top four had these bonus fish. When the bream show they can add 5lb to your weight. Everybody weighed in.The full result was:

Brian Pallett peg 24 9-15-0

Steve Thame peg 13 9-1-0;  Colin Gore peg 6 6-0-0

Brian Cripps peg 14 5-11-0

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Norman Unwin memorial 10th August 2014

The Norman Unwin memorial shield was contested at Willows in terrible weather in the tail end of Hurricane Bertha, but they boldly fished on and were rewarded with some carp. Paul Cripps won it from peg 52 with 36lb, and Karen came second again (the second time Karen has been runner up at her Dads memorial match) with 31lb. The match was made a rover so that everyone could fish a swim they were happy with. No small bags because everyone held out for carp, points not being important in this match. The full result:

Paul Cripps peg 52 36-2-0 4 carp

Karen Smyth peg 49 31-10-0 3 carp

Dave Smith peg 34 22-8-0 2 carp

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Club Championship 3rd August 2014

The fourth match in the club championship took place on Alders early in August. Again there were 14 anglers, using most of the weed-free pegs. Some of the big bream showed which lifted the weights and place all the top three with these bonus fish. Dave smith in 4th picked up some small tench to boost his weight. Everybody weighed in, even if it was just something tiny. The complete result was:

Dave Chandler peg 11 7-8-0

Richard Wiggins peg 5 5-6-0

Matt Tarrant peg 12 5-2-0

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